Ziziphus jujuba extract for the treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation: A controlled clinical trial

Digestion

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 224-228

  Naftali, Timna ^a,b   Feingelernt, Haya ^a   Lesin, Yevgeni ^a   Rauchwarger, Ariela ^a   Konikoff, Fred Meir ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Constipation; Transit time; Ziziphus jujube

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; JUJUBE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIQUID; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 58149331868     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000190975     Document Type: Article

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